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The ERA Video Streaming Platform | History | Medieval to Early Modern World

The Renaissance and humanism

3: The Age of Elegance & Sensibility | Howard Goodall’s Story of Music

3: The Age of Elegance & Sensibility | Howard Goodall’s Story of Music

History | BBC Two | 2013 | 58'44''

Howard Goodall looks at the age in which composers went from being the paid servants of pri...

1: The Age of Discovery | Howard Goodall’s Story of Music

1: The Age of Discovery | Howard Goodall’s Story of Music

History | BBC Two | 2013 | 58'51''

Composer Howard Goodall traces the development of music from the religious 'Gregorian' chant to the growth of...

7: Radiance | Civilisations

7: Radiance | Civilisations

History | BBC Two | 2018 | 59'02''

Simon Schama starts his meditation on colour and civilisation with the great Gothic cathedrals of Amiens and Chartres. He then moves to 16th-cent...

5: The Triumph of Art | Civilisations

5: The Triumph of Art | Civilisations

History | BBC Two | 2018 | 59'06''

Simon Schama examines how traditions developed in the years following the Renaissances.

4: The Eye of Faith | Civilisations

4: The Eye of Faith | Civilisations

History | BBC Two | 2018 | 58'53''

Professor Mary Beard explores the controversial topic of religion and art. How, and at what cost, do different religions make the unseen ...

3: Picturing Paradise | Civilisations

3: Picturing Paradise | Civilisations

History | BBC Two | 2018 | 59'08''

Simon Schama explores the depiction of nature. Simon discovers that landscape painting is seldom a straightforward description of obser...

Episode 1 | The Silk Road

Episode 1 | The Silk Road

Ancient China | BBC Four | 2016 | 59'05''

Sam Willis traces the story of the famous trade route. He explores Venice's Renaissance architecture and art before travelling to the beginning of ...

S2E6: Reach for the Stars: Trials of Galileo | Days That Shook the World

S2E6: Reach for the Stars: Trials of Galileo | Days That Shook the World

History | BBC Two | 2004 | 29'05''

Galileo's ideas challenging views of the world.

Florence | Italy’s Invisible Cities

Florence | Italy’s Invisible Cities

History | BBC One | 2017 | 58'56''

Using the latest 3D scanning technology, Alexander Armstrong and Dr Michael Scott explore the romantic city of Florence.

Venice | Italy’s Invisible Cities

Venice | Italy’s Invisible Cities

History | BBC One | 2017 | 58'56''

Using the latest 3D scanning technology, Alexander Armstrong and Dr Michael Scott explore the watery wonderland of Venice.

3: Whose Renaissance? | A Very British Renaissance

3: Whose Renaissance? | A Very British Renaissance

History | BBC Two | 2014 | 59'08''

Dr James Fox explores how tension between two cultures - one courtly and European, one home-grown and vital - helped bring...

2: The Elizabethan Code | A Very British Renaissance

2: The Elizabethan Code | A Very British Renaissance

History | BBC Two | 2014 | 58'59''

Dr James Fox examines the Elizabethans' love of codes and complexity, and the cultural revolution sparked by an age of e...

1: The Renaissance Arrives | A Very British Renaissance

1: The Renaissance Arrives | A Very British Renaissance

History | BBC Two | 2014 | 58'44''

Dr James Fox traces the story of how the arrival of a few foreign artists in the 16th century sparked a cultural revo...

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